GR Issue: Fire Prevention

Support the Safe Building Code Incentive Act

Write to your representatives (MS Word) today and ask them to co-sponsor the Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2015 (H.R. 1748). H.R. 1748 is designed to focus on using common-sense mitigation measures to reduce the costs of disaster response. The bipartisan legislation promotes stronger and safer construction for all Americans by providing an additional 4% in post-disaster grants by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to states that have adopted and enforced model building codes. Use our recommended template (MS Word) on your department letterhead to ensure that your senators hear from their local constituents on this important issue. To find your representative, please fill out your zip code in the top right hand corner of the U.S. House of Representatives web page.

IAFC Offers Tax Reform Comments

May 26, 2016 - The IAFC submitted comments on tax reform to the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means. In these comments, the IAFC suggested making changes to allow volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel to recieve nominal incentives without being considered taxable income and to use the tax code to incentivize property owners to install fire sprinkler systems in their propoerties. Read the IAFC's full comments today.

Fire Safe Cigarette Law Reduces Home Fires in MAFebruary 13, 2014 - A recent study by the American Journal of Public Health found that a law requiring the sale of fire safe cigarettes has led to a 28% decrease in home fires caused by cigarettes from 2004-2010.